dismal
adjective
[ ˈdɪzm(ə)l ]
• causing a mood of gloom or depression.
• "the dismal weather made the late afternoon seem like evening"
Similar:
dingy,
dim,
dark,
gloomy,
sombre,
dreary,
drab,
dull,
desolate,
bleak,
cheerless,
comfortless,
depressing,
grim,
funereal,
inhospitable,
uninviting,
unwelcoming,
Origin:
late Middle English: from earlier dismal (noun), denoting the two days in each month which in medieval times were believed to be unlucky, from Anglo-Norman French dis mal, from medieval Latin dies mali ‘evil days’.
